It's been a long time since the EAL's have been used by Rangers.
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It's been a long time since the EAL's have been used by Rangers.
I have it from the National Authority that the new rifle will be manufactured on a ready made action unique to the Ranger program (not commercial). Additionally it will be a bolt action in 7.62 NATO, detachable 10 round mag, composite stock and will come with a removeabe .22LR Barrel insert. Was advised that Colt Canada has the contract and that we could expect delivery of the rifle by 2017.
Reason for the delay is a batch of refurbished (or new) No4Mk2 rifles that were procured prior to entering into a contract with Colt Canada. These rifles will be fed through the system prior to sending them down to us.
We're also getting a new uniform.
Yup its still red.
I talked with Ian Skennerton last weekend and he told me that the new Ranger rifles will be based on the AIA M10 Enfield derived rifles, be in 7.62 NATO and made by Colt Canada. He was very firm in his assertions.
I told him if this was true, it would be very nice for Colt Canada to also produce these for the civilian market, but I doubted so considering their (Diemaco's) history with refusing to consider a semi auto AR for the Canadian civilian market.
Composite stock?:rolleyes: Better come with electrically heated butt stock and forend then.
I would hope that there is a cold weather evaluation on composite stocks. My experience is that they are slippery in the cold. Also plastic tends to expand and contract more than wood with extreme temperatures. I would be concerned about a point of impact change between plus 25C and minus 40C. I have shot very few rifles at temperatures colder than minus 30C and it was too cold to figure out why the groups were so big.